Cleaning hands

The proposed three-phase plan will allow many businesses to open in the first phase.

Schools and daycare centers can open in the next phase. But that means millions of working parents could be asked to return to their jobs before they have someone to take care of their children.

In the early phases of reopening, businesses could be required to operate at a reduced capacity.

Offices might operate in rotating shifts, but other businesses could have a harder time. Restaurants may have tight profit margins even in better times. Operating at half capacity may mean working at a loss.

Staying home during the pandemic helps prevent health systems from being overloaded.
Overloading hospitals can likely be averted with protective measures like closing schools, canceling mass gatherings, working from home, self-quarantine, self-isolation, avoiding crowds. All these keep the virus from spreading fast.

Effective handwashing consists of five simple steps: wet, lather, scrub, rinse, dry.
Do so for at least 20 seconds.

• Be mindful of your intention to keep your hands away from your face.
• Place visual reminders at home and at the office so you will be aware that you want to keep your hands down.
• Use a scented hand sanitizer or a scented hand soap to help remind yourself to keep hands away from your face. The smell will keep you alert.
• Use gloves if necessary.

• The original use of the word Quarantine was the act of anchoring a ship arrived in Venice, Italy, for 40 days before landing.
• Infectiousness of any disease is measured by the reproduction number (R0, or R naught). For example, Smallpox has an R0 of 6 whereas Measles has an R0 of 16. 
• Vaccination, if available, and herd immunity can curb the spread of disease.
• Big cities, with exploding population and traffic, can lead to the rapid spread of any infectious disease.

Elders and anyone with a compromised immune system have to be taken care of by limiting direct contact with them while making sure any contact is done after thoroughly washing the hands. One can stay connected using text messages, phone calls or video chat, as we have to avoid visiting elders at any cost.

Infected people are initially unable to realize they are, in fact, infected, as there are no symptoms. Yet they are spreading the infection to others silently.

• It is imperative to limit contact with others in one’s household, and practice social distancing from them, in separate rooms.
• Wash your hands regularly and maintain good hygiene.
• Do not share utensils or household items.
• Clean surfaces like remote controllers, handles, faucets and your phone, with mild cleaning liquids.
• Self-quarantine is required for at least 14 days.

Epidemiology is the branch of medicine that handles the following:

• Incidence: the occurrence of a disease over a specified period.
• Prevalence: how many people are affected within a population.
• Control of diseases: an appropriate public health response.

Two measurable factors mostly define the level of disease occurrence:

• The pattern and speed by which a disease moves.
• The size of the susceptible population.

• Sporadic refers to a disease that occurs infrequently or irregularly.
• Cluster refers to a disease that occurs in larger numbers even though the actual number or cause may be uncertain.
• Endemic refers to the constant presence and/or general prevalence of a disease in a geographic population.
• Hyperendemic refers to persistent, high levels of disease well above what is seen in other populations.
• Epidemic refers to a sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected.
• Outbreak is the same as an epidemic but is often used to describe a more limited geographic event.
• Pandemic refers to an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people.

It increases blood pressure, increases stress, disturbs our sleep. 

And more importantly, it is linked to our bad mental health. It's why we don't have schools in the vicinity of airports anymore.  

"In most workplaces, focused work is left to chance.If nobody's called you for a meeting that day, you might get an afternoon to yourself."

- Ollie Campbell, CEO of Milanote

Common symptoms: coughing, fever, and shortness of breath. Non-respiratory symptoms (feeling nauseous, vomiting having diarrhea) were also reported.
The virus is more violent with the elderly, the very young and with individuals that have a weak immune system. The majority of those infected however recover after a few days.

Coughs or sneezes from an infected person are the most likely to spread the virus. So it's essential to follow basic hygiene rules:

• Wash your hand often during the day.
• Cover coughs and sneezes with your inner elbow or a napkin.
• Don't touch your eyes, nose, or mouth with your hands.
• Stay inside if you have any of the symptoms and avoid interacting with people that show signs of the infection as well.

Addiction can include:

• Addiction as a moral transgression, like excessive drinking or drug use.
• Addiction as a scientific disease, which characterize alcoholism and drug addiction as biological.
• Colloquial violation, which applies the term to almost any fixation. 

The idea that someone can be addicted to a behavior, as opposed to a substance, remains debatable.

• Excessive gameplay is a symptom of a larger problem, like anxiety or depression.
• The fear of possible addiction arrises from moral panic about new technologies, not scientific research or clinical data.
• Making excessive gaming a disorder can harm the gaming industry by stigmatizing their products. 

Basic chemical disinfection was employed since at least 3,000 BC, using alcohol, elemental copper and Sulfur, salt, sodium carbonate, and mild organic acids.

Sulfur fumigation was used widely throughout Europe through the Middle Ages, especially during outbreaks of plague. But disinfectants such as compounds of Sulfur, mercury, and copper were only moderately effective and highly toxic, resulting in health problems.

The first notable effective deployment of disinfectants came in 1675 when a Dutch scientist noticed through the glass of his microscope that strong vinegar killed microorganisms.

In 1887, a British surgeon researched the effects of carbolic acid as a disinfectant in the operating theater. The results drastically reduced infection rates among patients.